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Building In Public: How I Pivoted From Features To Validation ????

I spent months building features almost every day.

Clean code. Real infra. Everything working.

But I made a classic developer mistake:
I built first… and asked questions later. ????

As a developer, my default mode was:

“Just add one more feature.”

Admin panel.

Payments.

Webhooks.

Integrations.

More modules.

Technically solid. Business-wise? No real validation ????

After ~8 months, I realized the problem wasn’t the code.
I was trying to validate:

an e-commerce platform

a SaaS product

and my own internal system

…all at the same time.
No focus = no signal.

So instead of throwing everything away, I reframed it.

I stopped thinking “product”
and started thinking “execution engine.”

The admin panel + modules became my way to:
build → test → learn → kill fast ????

From now on, I’ll use this setup to:

explore small ideas

ship tiny micro-SaaS

validate before scaling

share what works (and what doesn’t)

Less ego. More feedback.

This isn’t a launch. It’s a reset.

If you’re a dev who loves building but struggles with validation, you’re not alone.

Building in public from here ????

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